Nat. Croat. Vol. 25(2), 2016 315 NAT. CROAT. VOL. 25 No 2 315–320 ZAGREB December 31, 2016 short communication / kratko priopćenje DOI: 10.20302/NC.2016.25.27 FIRST RECORD OF CORTODERA FLAVIMANA (WALTL, 1838) (ColeoPtera: CeraMBYcidae) IN CROATIA Mladen Zadravec* & Toni Koren Association Hyla, Lipovac I no. 7, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Zadravec, M. & Koren, T.: First record of Cortodera flavimana (Waltl, 1838) (Coleoptera: Ceram- bycidae) in Croatia. Nat. Croat., Vol. 25, No. 2., 315–320, Zagreb, 2016. Cortodera flavimana is a Pontic species which occurs from Austria and Hungary, through Serbia and south-eastern Europe and Turkey. It was not previously known from Croatia. Two specimens were found, one in Cerna (E Croatia, in 2008) and one in Okuje (NW Croatia, in 2013), raising the number of known Cortodera species in Croatia to five; the other being C. humeralis, C. femorata, C. holosericea and C. villosa. These records represent an expansion of the species’ known range and indicate the possibility of new records, at least in Croatia, and the need for further research into longhorn beetles in the country. Key words: longhorn beetles, Cerna, Okuje Zadravec, M. & Koren, T.: Prvi nalaz vrste Cortodera flavimana (Waltl, 1838) (Coleoptera: Ce- rambycidae) za Hrvatsku. Nat. Croat., Vol. 25, No. 2., 315–320, Zagreb, 2016. Cortodera flavimana je pontijska vrsta, rasprostranjena od Austrije i Mađarske preko Srbije i jugoi- stočne Europe do Turske. Do sada nije bila zabilježena za Hrvatsku. Pronađena su dva primjerka, jedan kod Cerne (istočna Hrvatska, 2008. godine) i jedna kod Okuja (sjeverozapadna Hrvatska, 2013. godine), čime je broj poznatih vrsta roda Cortodera iz Hrvatske porastao na pet; ostale četiri su C. humeralis, C. femorata, C. holosericea i C. villosa. Ovi nalazi predstavljaju proširenje poznatog areala te vrste, ukazuju na mogućnost novih nalaza u budućnosti, barem iz Hrvatske, i ukazuju na potrebu daljnjeg istraživa- nja faune strizibuba Hrvatske. Ključne riječi: strizibube, cvilidrete, Cerna, Okuje IntrodUction Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), with many large and/or conspicuous species, have always captivated the interest of entomologists. In recent years, there have been many advances regarding the knowledge of European longhorns: many faunistic papers co- vering specific regions were published, along with a plethora of new information about the biology, larval development and host plant preferences (Bense, 1995; Sama, 2002). Because of this they are regarded as the beginner group for both new amateur and pro- fessional coleopterists (Bense, 1995). The larvae of many species develop in wood, with some being pests, attracting the attention of forestry workers. The larvae of others, -es pecially in southern Europe, develop in herbaceous plants (Bense, 1995). Adults of some species do not feed at all. Those that do eat either leaves and twigs, or the pollen and nectar of flowers Bense( , 1995). The research, although sporadic, into Croatian Ceram- bycid fauna dates back to the first half of the 20th century (Depoli, 1942; Müller, 1905, * corresponding author: [email protected] 316 Zadravec, M. & Koren, T.: First record of Cortodera flavimana (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Croatia 1906a, 1906b, 1906c). Most papers focused on the Mediterranean part of the country, a trend which has continued to this day (Demelt & Schurman, 1964, 1966, 1973; Koren, 2010; Koren et al., 2010; Koren & Perović, 2010; Mikšić, 1951; Novak, 1952, 1964, 1970). The first comprehensive review of the Croatian Cerambycidae, as a part of the Yugosla- vian cerambycid fauna, was given by Mikšić (1963), followed by Mikšić & Georgijević (1971; 1973; 1985). According to them, there are at least 225 longhorn beetle species in Croatia. In the last decade, several new species were recorded for the first time for Cro- atia: Agapanthia viti Rapuzzi et Sama, 2012 (Kovács et al., 2012), Stenurella sennii Sama, 2002 (Rapuzzi et al., 2011), Leiopus linnei Wallin, Nylander et Kvamme, 2009 (Wallin et al. 2009), Callidiellum rufipenne (Motschulsky, 1862) (Łos & Plewa, 2011) and Anoplophora chinensis (Forster, 1771) (Vukadin, 2011; Vukadin & Hrašovec, 2008, 2012), the latter two being classified as alien pests. Longhorn beetles of the genus of Cortodera Mulsant, 1863 are small beetles, ranging from seven to 14 mm in length. Adults can be found from late April to July on flowers of various plants, e.g. Crataegus, Fraxinus, Plantago, Ranunculus, Paeonia, Chrysanthemum (Ilić & Ćurčić, 2013; Mikšić & Georgijević, 1971). At present, there are 14 species in Europe (de Jong et al., 2014). Of those, three are most certainly present in Croatia: C. humeralis (Schaller, 1783), C. femorata (Fabricius, 1787), C. holosericea (Fabricius, 1801), while the occurrence of C. villosa Heyden, 1876 is listed as doubtful (Mikšić, 1963; Mik- šić & Georgijević, 1971). A Pontic species, C. flavimana (Waltl, 1838), is also known from the region. In Europe, it occurs in Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Roma- nia, Bulgaria, and Turkey (Adlbauer, 2001; Ilić & Ćurčić, 2013; Özdikmen, 2003; Vukaj- lović & Živanović, 2015). Here we present the first findings of this species in Croatia. Material and MetHods The longhorn beetles were collected by hand during visits to Cerna (SW of Vinkovci, Vukovar-Srijem County, 27. 4. 2008.; N: 45°11’22“, E: 18°41’15“) and Okuje (S of Zagreb, Fig. 1. Distribution of Cortodera flavimana in Europe (grey). ? – doubtful presence; ● – new records. Nat. Croat. Vol. 25(2), 2016 317 Zagreb County, 22. 5. 2013.; N: 45°40’20“, E: 16°3’52“) and placed in the private collecti- ons of the authors. They were identified using Bense (1995). Photos of the specimens were sent to P. Rapuzzi, who confirmed the identification. ResUlts and DiscUssion In total, two individuals of C. flavimana were collected, one per locality (Figures 1 and 2). C. flavimana can be easily distinguished from C. humeralis and C. femorata by the dis- tinctly expanded last segment of the maxillary palp, while the dense semi-recumbent light yellow or golden pubescence on its head and pronotum distinguish it from C. vi- llosa and C. holosericea (Bense, 1995). Both individuals are from the continental part of Croatia, with the Cerna locality being only approximately 55 km from the closest finding of this species in Serbia. Both were found on a mosaic of wet grasslands with bushes and deciduous forest. Since those habitat combinations occur in other parts of north-western and eastern Croatia, especially between the new findings and the rest of the distribution range, and between the new records themselves, additional records from Croatia are to Fig. 2. Top: Cortodera flavimana from Okuje, south of Zagreb (Photo: Zoran Mandić). Bottom: habitat at Okuje, where the beetle was found. 318 Zadravec, M. & Koren, T.: First record of Cortodera flavimana (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Croatia be expected. The species still has not been found in Slovenia, which is somewhat surpri- sing, since it is present in all the neighbouring countries except Italy, and the cerambycid fauna of the country is well known (Brelih et al., 2006). ConclUsions Despite the numerous papers that have been published, we cannot really say that the Croatian longhorn beetle fauna is well-known. The many taxonomic changes, descrip- tions of new species in the Balkans (Sama, 2002) and the new species recorded for the country have rendered the work of Mikšić & Georgijević (1971; 1973; 1985) fairly outda- ted. And since many longhorn beetle species are of economic importance and/or are threatened because of habitat loss/mismanagement, an updated review is needed (Ni- eto & Alexander, 2010), not just a review of the species list, but of the legislature con- cerning their protection. For instance, Croatia has only two „strictly protected” longhorn beetle species – Cerambyx cerdo Linnaeus, 1758 and Rosalia alpina (Linnaeus, 1758), whi- le Morimus funereus Mulsant, 1862 is „protected” (Anonymous, 2009; 2013). To compare, Serbia, whose cerambycid fauna is the best known in the western Balkans, has seven „strictly protected” and 31 „protected” species, C. flavimana being among them (Anonymous, 2010). Future work should be focused on surveying the areas that have little or no or very old records, with the aim of producing a checklist and assessing the species for the Red Book of Croatian longhorn beetles. Acknowledgments Our sincerest thanks go to Pierpaolo Rapuzzi, for confirming the identifications of our two specimens and to Zoran Mandić for photographing our specimen. Received February 9, 2016 ReFeRences Adlbauer, K., 2001: Cortodera flavimana (Waltl, 1838) – neu für Österreich (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Beiträge zur Entomofaunistik 2, 118–120. Anonymous, 2009: Pravilnik o proglašavanju divljih svojti zaštićenim i strogo zaštićenim [WWW Docu- ment]. URL http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2009_08_99_2569.html (accessed 10.14.2015). Anonymous, 2010: Pravilnik o proglašenju i zaštiti strogo zaštićenih i zaštićenih divljih vrsta biljaka, životinja i gljiva. 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